ELIOT, T.S., editor. The Criterion. London: R. Cobden Sanderson, Faber & Gwyer et al. October 1922-January 1939.

Together, an incomplete run comprising 38 numbers in 26 volumes, 8vo. Most in original wrappers with folding cases, a few in later cloth (some chipping to wrappers and various light wear).

Comprising Vol. I, Nos. 2-3; Vol. II, Nos. 5-8; Vol. III, Nos. 9-12; Vol. IV, Nos. 2-3; Vol. VI, Nos. 2, 4; Vol. VII, No. 2; Vol. VIII, No. 32; Vol. IX, Nos. 36-37; Vol. X, Nos. 38-41; Vol. XI, Nos. 43-44; Vol. XII, No. 46; Vol. XIII, No. 51; Vol. XIV, Nos. 56-57; Vol. XV, Nos. 59-60; Vol. XVI, Nos. 62-65; Vol. XVII, Nos. 67-68; and Vol. XVIII, No. 71.

The Criterion, founded by T. S. Eliot with financial backing from Lady Rothermere; owner of The Daily Mail, featured the best writers of the time earning it the reputation as the flagship of Modernism. Eliot edited the periodical for its entire lifespan. "The periodical advanced his literary and social career; it was an outlet for his poetry and criticism; and, during the crisis-ridden 1930s, it was a platform for outspoken interventions in the major social and political issues of the day... Throughout its life, the editor wanted his periodical to be an open forum: it often staged symposia and engaged in controversies with rival magazines. The Criterion was therefore never a straightforward vehicle for Eliot’s own opinions" (Dr. Jason Harding, The Criterion Introduction).

The Criterion included contributions from Virginia Woolf, Ezra Pound, William Butler Yeats, James Joyce, Ford Madox Ford, Wyndham Lewis, Gertrude Stein, Aldous Huxley, and Archibald Macleish. [With:] Duplicates of the following numbers: Vol. II, No. VII; Vol. IV, No. III; Vol. IV, No. IV; Vol. IX, No. XXXVI; Vol. IX, No. XXXVII; Vol. XII, No. XLVI. Together, 44 numbers in 32 volumes.

Property from the Collection of Robert S. Brown, Cincinnati, Ohio

ELIOT, T.S., editor. The Criterion. London: R. Cobden Sanderson, Faber & Gwyer et al. October 1922-January 1939.

ELIOT, T.S., editor. The Criterion. London: R. Cobden Sanderson, Faber & Gwyer et al. October 1922-January 1939.